Despite advances seen in recent years, gender equality is still far away in the Latin American job market, said the regional director of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Thursday

Stimulated by the thriving online economy, almost all domains showed higher growth than expected in the past year, according to data from industry group CENTR, which represents domain name registrars such as SIDN.

The Brazilian government announced Thursday it would build 650,000 new houses this year within the social housing program 'Mi Casa, Mi Vida' (My House, My Life), which aimed at providing homes for poorer families.